Attempts by the developing countries to replace the largely voluntary provision of development aid by a system that would free official resource flows from the possibility of political interference by the donors and from the need for yearly budgetary allocations have been going on for some time....

The relationship between taxation, savings and growth is a complex one, which economists to date have only partially been able to explain. The following paper reviews empirical evidence on differences in tax systems and their operation between developed and less developed countries and the role...